The present study focused on the educational and career experiences of four selected Swedish immigrant women at North Park College in Chicago from 1900-1920. There is a gap in the extant literature with regard to the Swedish immigrant women experiences, and this study attempted to shed some light on this fascinating topic.The study examined the lives of three selected Swedish immigrant women students at the College and their lives afterwards as missionaries in China. It also examined the life of Lena Sahlstrom, a faculty member at North Park College during the same period. The four women were exceptional individuals, each in her own way a pioneer. Hilma Johnson studied business for one year at North Park College before becoming the Covenant Church's first woman missionary to China in 1901, a commitment she maintained for 40 years. Hilda Rodberg was the first female graduate of the Swedish Covenant Hospital Nursing School in 1900, and she became a missionary in China for over thirty years. Victoria Welter was the first woman to graduate from North Park College's Seminary Department in 1903, after which she, too, left for China to serve as a missionary, where she married John Sjoquist, a medical missionary. Welter was the only one of the four to marry, and after the death of her husband in 1917 she returned to Chicago to complete her children's formal education.Caroline "Lena" Sahlstrom was the first female faculty member at North Park College. She was a teacher in the Primary Department and the Music Department, and she also served as the Dean of Women during part of her long tenure at North Park College. Her contributions to the school and the students were impressive, and she was a committed educator of her time.Each of the four women valued education and religion, and each was influenced in various ways by their experiences at North Park College. Hilma Johnson, Hilda Rodberg, and Victoria Welter chose professional careers as missionaries in China where they ministered to many people through teaching and health care. Influenced by her educational and religious background, Lena Sahlstrom chose to join the faculty at North Park College where her years of service and various roles impacted the lives of many students. While economic advancement was not a goal for any of the four, they all chose professional careers and lives of commitment that differed from the traditional roles filled by most women of their day. All four were role models who made a difference in many peoples lives.

The stated aim of building the Swedish welfare state ("Folkhemmet") was to develop a modern society that contained equality between social classes. Interestingly, though, class inequalities still exist but have become obscured by an endeavour to reach cultural recognition with a particular focus on multiculturalism. This paper seeks to demonstrate the production and reproduction of class inequalities in Lena Andersson's novel Var det bra så?. Nancy Fraser's theory of redistribution and recognition is used to highlight the complexity and intersection of culture, ethnicity, gender and class. In that context, it is claimed that class inequalities have to be separated from cultural discrimination when the aim is to examine the establishment of social inequalities. Fraser argues that socio-economic segregation has to be seen in the light of economic and cultural inequalities as being two separate phenomena, even though they clearly are interrelated. Var det bra så? is here viewed as a critique of the Swedish welfare state ("Folkhemmet") as a political concept. The novel depicts how the focus on and belief in multiculturalism as central for the development of society has entailed a marginalization and culturalization of class.

The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to examine the portrayals of class in four Swedish contemporary novels that have been mentioned as working class literature in the literary public sphere. During the 20th century, society has undergone vast changes due to globalization and technology development. The rise in standards of living for most people in the Western societies has led to changed consumption patterns. In consequence, there has been increased emphasis given to cultural rather than materialist explanations of social stratification. The theoretical approach of this study is based on class theories that emphasize either materialist or cultural explanations of social stratification. The methodology used is based on the analysis of ideas. In order to examine the portrayals of class in the four novels, an analysis scheme has been constructed on the bases of theories of Marx, Weber, Bourdieu and Giddens. The ideal types used are as follows: Economic capital, Cultural capital, Class in itself – class for itself, Production, exploitation, profit, Consumption, lifestyles, taste, Status and Societal change. The study argues that in spite of the fact that cultural conditions such as cultural capital and consumption patterns are evident markers of class belonging, the determining factor for class belonging is economic conditions, especially for the underclass. It also argues that the main purpose of contemporary working class literature is to criticize the class society and social inequity. Another central theme is societal change and how this affects working life and social stratification. The novels are permeated with the dichotomies we – they and power – powerlessness. There is a pessimistic picture of society that appears in the novels, where solidarity has disappeared and the characters express feelings of resignation and despair. / Uppsatsnivå: D

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The purpose of this essay is to introduce readers to the music of living American composer Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972) through her chamber vocal works and to provide a resource to aid in the interpretation and performance of her music. Frank is an internationally recognized composer with a thriving career. However, she is not widely known among singers and teachers of singing and scholarship on her music is quite limited. This study seeks to fill that void by examining Frank’s published works as of January 2016 for solo voice and up to six instruments. These works are Cuatro Canciones Andinas (1999), for mezzo-soprano and piano; New Andean Songs (2008), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, two percussionists, and two pianos; Seven Armenian Songs (2013), for soprano, percussionist, and solo violin; and Honey (2013), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and piano. Frank’s chamber vocal pieces are excellent additions to the repertoire and notable for Frank’s chamber music aesthetic, choice of diverse texts and languages (English, Spanish, and Armenian), dramatic storytelling, range of musical colors, and idiomatic writing for the performers. Frank’s ongoing exploration of her Peruvian heritage is reflected in two of these works, which draw inspiration from Andean folk music and poetry. This essay provides a brief biography of Frank; original poetic and musical analyses of the four works, exploring the areas of poetry, form, melody and motive, text painting, rhythm, harmony, folk influences, vocal writing, instrumental writing, timbre, range, and tessitura; and a summary of stylistic traits as seen across this sample. Poetic and word for word translations of foreign language texts, pronunciation guidelines for Latin American Spanish and International Phonetic Alphabet transliterations for the Armenian poems are included.

<p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om sexualsynen i Vecko-Revyn under perioden 1955-2005 följer samma förändring som har inträffat i sexualsynen i samhället enligt en för studien sammansatt analysmodell. Med hjälp av den hermeneutiska metoden har källmaterialet, som består av artiklar och spalter från Vecko-Revyn från 1955-2005, analyserats. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten består Lennerheds, Sandströms, Bergenheims och McLarens teoretiska skildringar av sexualsynen, vilka är sammansatta i en för studien aktuell analysmodell. Slutsatsen visar att Vecko-Revyns sexualsyn följde förändringen i samhällets sexualsyn i olika grad under de olika decennierna. Den mångfasetterade bilden av Vecko-Revyns sexualsyn som framträder i det undersökta materialet visar att Vecko-Revyns åsikter i vissa fall var mer liberala än samhällets medan de i andra fall var mer konservativa. Det var främst i Vecko-Revyn liberala inställning till föräktenskapliga sexuella relationer som de skiljde sig åt gentemot samhället under den undersökta perioden.</p>

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om sexualsynen i Vecko-Revyn under perioden 1955-2005 följer samma förändring som har inträffat i sexualsynen i samhället enligt en för studien sammansatt analysmodell. Med hjälp av den hermeneutiska metoden har källmaterialet, som består av artiklar och spalter från Vecko-Revyn från 1955-2005, analyserats. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten består Lennerheds, Sandströms, Bergenheims och McLarens teoretiska skildringar av sexualsynen, vilka är sammansatta i en för studien aktuell analysmodell. Slutsatsen visar att Vecko-Revyns sexualsyn följde förändringen i samhällets sexualsyn i olika grad under de olika decennierna. Den mångfasetterade bilden av Vecko-Revyns sexualsyn som framträder i det undersökta materialet visar att Vecko-Revyns åsikter i vissa fall var mer liberala än samhällets medan de i andra fall var mer konservativa. Det var främst i Vecko-Revyn liberala inställning till föräktenskapliga sexuella relationer som de skiljde sig åt gentemot samhället under den undersökta perioden.

Uppsatsen behandlar den offentliga bronsskulpturen Flicka i balja (2007) av Lena Cronqvist. Skulpturen är placerad i Halmstads till ytan största centrala park, Norre Katts park. Syftet är att undersöka hur receptionen av skulpturen påverkas genom dess placering. Teorier kring offentlig konst, plats, platsspecifik och platslös konst diskuteras. Skulpturens estetiska aspekter undersöks också i relation till den konkreta närmiljön. Hur skulpturen skildrats i media diskuteras som uttryck för receptionen. Uppsatsen behandlar teorier och föreställningar om viss offentlig konst som typiskt ”folklig”. Hur receptionen av skulpturen påverkas genom åverkan undersöks, liksom avsaknaden av negativa visuella och skriftliga kommentarer. Skulpturen sätts in i ett konsthistoriskt sammanhang och undersöks i relation till den svenska folkhemsperiodens könsideologi och modernistsiska ideal. Jag tillämpar konstvetaren Jessica Sjöholm Skrubbes genusvetenskapliga modell i min analys av skulpturen, som innebär att offentlig skulptur under folkhemsperioden har visat sig förmedla ett traditionellt genusmönster med en konventionell syn på manligt och kvinnligt. I relation till detta analyserar jag Flicka i balja för att synliggöra och problematisera de sociokulturellt konstruerade könskategorier och dess funktion i det offentliga rummet. Den receptionsteori som jag tillämpar har framförallt utforskats av Wolfgang Kemp, som menar att relationen mellan verk och betraktare måste förstås som en process i dialog med varandra. En process där såväl konstverkets struktur som betraktarens sociokulturella förutsättningar, värderingar och kunskaper har betydelse. Jag har genom Kemps metod, som utgår från den tvådimensionella bilden, även inkluderat den offentliga platsen i mina analyser. Genom analys redogör jag för hur platsens och skulpturens utformning, samt skulpturens placering, på olika sätt skapar en koreografi för betraktaren. Undersökningen visar att receptionen av Flicka i balja påverkas av en mängd olika faktorer. Skulpturens form och estetiska aspekter motbevisar uppfattningen om att frånvaron av sockel skulle bidra till skulpturers nomadiska och platslösa tillvaro i det offentliga rummet. Flicka i balja gör betraktaren medveten om skulpturen som ett fysiskt närvarande objekt genom att existera nära marknivå. Skulpturen som fysiskt närvarande blir än mer tydlig genom motivet som bekräftar att skulpturer med mänskliga gestalter ofta upplevs som identifikationsfigurer beroende på deras tredimensionalitet. Detta kan förklara varför Flicka i balja inte utsatts för skriftlig och visuell åverkan. Genom barnboken ”Kotten som försvann” (2012) och konstpromenaden ”I Kottens spår”, som bland annat handlar om skulpturen Flicka i balja, tydliggörs skulpturens hemvist i Halmstad och dess funktion att manifestera aspekter som har särskild betydelse på orten. Boken och konstpromenaden är ytterligare ett motbevis mot uppfattningen om viss offentlig skulptur som platslös. Genom en genusvetenskaplig analys blir Flicka i balja ett exempel på den könsideologiska föreställning om kvinnan som passiv. Resonemanget blir än tydligare i relation till en byst av Norre Katt parks grundare Göran Hammar (1909) i närheten av skulpturen. Uppfattningen om oskuldsfullheten som central i den moderna definitionen av barndomen bekräftas genom skulpturens nakna, oskuldsfulla flicka. Flicka i balja går att relatera till en konventionell barndomsroll. Denna koppling blir en bekräftelse på att den offentliga skulpturens praktik inte har lyckats bryta det visuella mönster som reproducerar föreställningar om det ”kvinnliga” som något intimt och oskuldsfullt förknippat med naturen.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-112).

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